Legal Opinion · Dissent

Jamison v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 12, 1991No. A90A1626Published

1DissentSognier, Chief Judge

I dissent because the arrest of Marvin Keith Jamison was without probable cause and therefore his motion to suppress should have been granted. This court has addressed the effect of flight on probable cause to arrest in the context of airport stops. See Brown v. State, 188 Ga. App. 417 (373 SE2d 99) (1988) (defendant properly arrested when, after consenting to body search, he decided to call attorney first, walked nervously past telephones 20 to 30 yards away, was followed by agents from one airport concourse to another concourse, passing other telephones, before running from officers up an…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Renner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
  3. Bothwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  5. State v. ReidSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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